Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37,012, Spencer Goding, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
Goding, Spencer
NUMBER
S. 37.012
CONTENTS

11.435 Maine R
Spencer Goding
of Gardner in the state of  Dist. of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Greaton of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th of June 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th of June 1819 and sent to Robert B Vose Esq Augusta District of Maine
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819 : 8 3/4 more 70. 80 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 st Sept 1819  $ 48 - $ 118. 80
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Spencer Goding Private Childs 6 th Col. Brd Mass. Reg Jan'y 1776. 1 year Br. Col. Gration's Mass Reg. 1777 to 1780 3 years
June 9. 1818
Proof of service wanted
Prof- A. Bradford, Certificate of service procured - R.C. Var
Admitted.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Spencer Goding, aged sixty six years, a citizen of the United States, born in Watertown, Massachusetts, but late of day in the District of Maine and now resident in Gardiner, in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare, that in April 1775 I enlisted as a private soldier for the term of eight months in the war of the revolution against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment in Capt Abner Crafts company and Col. Gaudins regiment of the Massachusetts troops or line - This period I fully served out and then immediately re-enlisted as a private 1 January 1776 for one year, upon the same establishment in Capt Abijah Child's company, and Col. Bond's regiment of the Massachusetts troops or line - This period I fully served out, and then immediately January 1777 I again enlisted as a private soldier upon the same establishment for three years in Capt Abraham Watson's company but was afterwards transferred to Capt Williams's company of light infantry in Col. Goates's regiment of the Massachusetts line. This last period I also fully served out, and was finally and honorably discharged in February 1780 at a place called Soldiers' fortune near West Point. My discharge I have since lost, and it is

not none to my knowledge in existence. I was in the battle of Lexington and , in the battle of Still water at the taking of Burgoyne.
From my reduced circumstances, I need the assistance of my country for support. And I do hereby relinquish all my claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge bound on any pension list whatever. I could once write, but being now confined on a sick bed, am - none unable.
Spencer
his X Goding mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hennepin.
On the ninth day of June A.D. 1810 Spencer Goding above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration, by him subscribed with his mark, the same having been first distinctly read to him.
Before me, Nathan Weston Jr. C.J. cc Pms 2 E. Circuit

37 012 Rev INVALID.
File No. 37 012
Spencer Goding Dr Rev Mar
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 477
[Arrangement of 1870.]

S. Goding's Certif: cate

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT, March 10 1819
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that Spencer Goding served as a Soldier in Capt. Child's Company, and Col. Greaton's Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from Feb 9 1 st 1777 to Feb 9 1 st 1780, being three years and months.
Wlden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Spencer Gading  Gardner , a citizen of the United States, now resident in the said County of Hennebec , in the District of Maine, on the ninth day of June , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier , in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this tenth day of June in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston C. J. C. C. C. Pleas 2 d E. Circuit.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand : Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
John Davis

I Leonard Bond of Watertown in the County of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby declare that I am well acquainted with Spencer Gadding formerly of Watertown, now Resident at Jay in the County of Oxford, That he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war and served on the Continental establishment against the common Enemy, That he enlisted in Col! Abner Crafts company in Col. Gardner Reg! in the Month of April 1775. & continued in said company the remainder of the year. he then entered in Col! Abijah Childs company in Col. Bond's Reg! & served one year - He then entered in Col! Abraham Watson's Company for three years & served out his engagement. I was a Soldier at the same times in Col! Crafts company & in Col! Childs company and am personally knowing to the facts I have above stated. - The said Gadding is now advanced in years, is very poor, & has been assisted by the Town of Watertown for ten years past. -
Leonard Bond
Middlesex ss. May 11. 1818 Personally appeared Leonard Bond and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me Levi Thaxter, Justice of the Peace